Designed for HAY by Marc Morro, Taburete 8 Bar Stool marks the start of a new and exciting collaboration with the Spanish furniture designer, who was born in Majorca in 1983, and is today based in Barcelona. We visited Marc Morro in his studio to talk about the collaboration behind Taburete 8 Bar Stool.
Morro’s work is not about limits or sophistication; it is about honesty and demonstrates a radical austerity. “I am interested in exploring archetypes, where a chair is a chair and a table is a table,” explains the designer. This seemingly straightforward approach is also reflected in the naming of his first design for HAY: taburete. Translated simply as “stool” in Spanish, this new product is named ‘8’ after the number of prototypes made before the final version was perfected.
Morro is resourceful in his approach to design, too, driven always by the logic of the materials he works with. “Specific to this design, and the family it belongs to, is an exercise that ends in curved plywood sheets generating what ends up being a seat,” he explains.
The resulting bar stool embodies Morro’s clean, essential approach to design. Both the curved plywood seat and steel tubing frame are clearly presented, with the different components enhanced by their raw simplicity and bold use of colour. When discussing his minimalist principles, Morro explains, “I like the idea of making something out of very little: a balance between efficiency and good comfort.”
Not one to shy away from colour, Morro uses it directly, making him a great sparring partner when designing for HAY. “The application of colour in this collection has been a relevant factor as it enhances all the different aspects of the design even more,” he says. “That’s why the cylindrical and square tubes are in part seen to meet in a raw, fluid encounter.” The stool comes in four different colours, including Signal Red, Eggshell, Soft Jade, and Black.
For Rolf Hay, Creative Director of HAY Furniture and Lighting, this collaboration has been a long time coming. “I like everything Marc does – you don’t forget this stool easily, which has made it a great starting point for our collaboration,” Rolf says, adding that this partnership is likely to lead to more launches down the line. “We hope that there will be much more from him coming into HAY’s environment,” he says.
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